Eric Veiga
Luxembourgish footballer
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Eric Veiga (born 18 February 1997) is a Luxembourgish professional footballer who plays as a left-back or midfielder for Albanian Kategoria Superiore club Flamurtari.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 18 February 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Luxembourg City, Luxembourg | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Flamurtari | ||
| Number | 18 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| FC Mondercange | |||
| –2012 | RFC Union | ||
| 2013–2015 | Bayer Leverkusen | ||
| 2015–2016 | Eintracht Braunschweig | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2019 | Eintracht Braunschweig II | 44 | (4) |
| 2019–2020 | Aves | 2 | (0) |
| 2020–2023 | Vilafranquense | 60 | (1) |
| 2023–2025 | AVS | 8 | (0) |
| 2025– | Flamurtari | 23 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2014 | Luxembourg U19 | 3 | (0) |
| 2015 | Portugal U18 | 3 | (0) |
| 2016 | Portugal U19 | 1 | (0) |
| 2016– | Luxembourg | 10 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 6 March 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 10 October 2025 | |||
Club career
In 2015, Veiga joined the under-19 side of German club Eintracht Braunschweig from the youth of Bayer 04 Leverkusen.[2] On 3 March 2016, he made his debut for Eintracht Braunschweig II in the Regionalliga Nord.[3]
In July 2019, Veiga moved to Portuguese club C.D. Aves, starting for the club's U23-squad.[4]
International career
Veiga represented both Luxembourg and Portugal at youth international level. On 18 May 2016, he was called up to the Luxembourg senior team by then manager Luc Holtz for a match against Nigeria,[5] but did not play. Veiga made his debut for Luxembourg on 2 September 2016 in a friendly against Latvia.[6]